William Wilson Hastings and Mary Jane McQuaid
Husband William Wilson Hastings 1 2 3 4 5
Born: 30 Mar 1827 - Canal Twp, Venango Co, PA 1 4 6 Christened: Died: 29 Nov 1911 6 7 Buried:
Father: John Hastings (1797-1872) 1 4 8 Mother: Hannah Smith (Abt 1801-1868) 1 4 6
Marriage: 21 Sep 1852 1 5 6 7
Wife Mary Jane McQuaid 1 2 4 5 9
Born: 31 Jan 1832 5 6 7 Christened: Died: 4 Oct 1915 6 7 Buried:
Father: John McQuaid (1762-1850) 5 10 11 12 Mother: Isabella Duffield (1790-1858) 5 10 11 12
Children
1 M John F. Hastings 6 7 13
Born: 26 Jun 1853 13 Christened: Died: 1 Dec 1878 13 Buried:Spouse: Florence D. Bortner ( - ) 13 Marr: 12 Apr 1875 - Geneva, Crawford Co, PA 13 14
2 M Cyrus S. Hastings 6 7 13
Born: 18 Nov 1854 13 Christened: Died: Aft 1919 Buried:Spouse: Fannie McCalmont ( - ) 13 Marr: 23 Sep 1885 13
3 F Laura L. Hastings 6 7 13
Born: 15 Nov 1856 13 Christened: Died: Bef 1918 Buried:Spouse: Rev. Charles R. Thompson ( -Aft 1918) 6 13 Marr: 26 Jan 1882 - near Utica, Venango Co, PA 13
4 F Alice Harriett "Allie" Hastings 13 15 16
Born: 3 Nov 1858 13 Christened: Died: Jun 1911 17 18 Buried: - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PASpouse: John W. Phillips (1850-1915) 13 19 20 Marr: 26 Oct 1898 - ? Venango Co, PA 13 17
5 M Jesse McQuaid Hastings 7 13 21
Born: 9 Feb 1861 13 Christened: Died: Bef 1919 - Tennessee Buried:Spouse: Victoria L. Dunnell ( - ) 13 Marr: 8 Mar 1886 - Tennessee 13
6 F Mary Emma Hastings 7 13 21
Born: 28 Feb 1863 13 Christened: Died: 30 Aug 1881 13 Buried:
7 M Elwood I. Hastings 7 13 21
Born: 17 Apr 1865 13 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Annie L. McCalmont ( - ) 13 Marr: 10 Oct 1888 - ? Venango Co, PA 13
8 F Jennie E. Hastings 7 13 21
Born: 14 Sep 1867 13 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: James T. Wolfe ( - ) Marr: 12 Jun 1894 - ? Venango Co, PA 13
9 M William H. Hastings 7 13 21
Born: 6 Jan 1870 13 Christened: Died: Buried:
10 M Wayne C. Hastings 7 8 13
AKA: William C. Hastings Born: 24 Aug 1873 - Canal Twp, Venango Co, PA 8 13 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Clara J. Bankson ( -Bef 1938) 13 21 Marr: 1 Jun 1898 - ? Venango Co, PA 13 21
11 M Frank T. Hastings 7 13 21
Born: 6 Oct 1875 13 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Vinnie Taylor ( - ) 13 Marr: 5 May 1897 - ? Venango Co, PA 13
12 M Quincy Dickson Hastings 7 13 22
Born: 18 Dec 1878 - Canal Twp, Venango Co, PA 7 13 23 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Gertrude A. Breckinridge ( - ) 7 Marr: 15 Jan 1908 - ? Venango Co, PA 7 23
General Notes: Husband - William Wilson Hastings
He was born at the family home near the Hastings mill, where he lived with his parents until his marriage. He had such education as the local schools afforded, and the ordinary experience in farm and lumber work acquired by the young men of his time, before his marriage finding employment at a sawmill in Warren County, Pennsylvania, which he operated both before and after his marriage, also building flatboats there. During the springtime he rafted as far down as Pittsburgh and even to Cincinnati. He bought one hundred acres of his father, giving him five hundred dollars and five years' work for it, most of the labor being put in prior to his marriage, and he earned the money in the occupations above noted, besides spending the summers at home in his father's employ. His land was all in timber when he purchased it, and he cleared seventy-five acres and put it under cultivation, building on it and otherwise improving it throughout his active years. He sawed the lumber for his first house, rafted it to Franklin, and hauled it out to the property, and he also built another house himself, in 1880. He was a man of energetic mental as well as physical habit, and his participation in local affairs was welcomed, the excellent record which he made in the offices of school director, road supervisor and jury commissioner accounting for the confidence of his fellow citizens in his integrity and ability. For many years he was an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Utica, where he and his wife belonged. [HVC 1919, 622]
General Notes: Wife - Mary Jane McQuaid
She was a woman of unusual energy and mental attainment, a splendid mother, who was ambitious that her children receive an education and take their place in their community; she understood motherhood, rearing her children so as to keep them strong of body and attached to honesty, sympathy, and respect for their elders; she was a physician and spiritual adviser in one.
1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 557.
2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1042.
3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 582, 621.
4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 321.
5 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 36.
6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 622.
7 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 322.
8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 621.
9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 622, 876.
10 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 198.
11 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1010, 1042.
12 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 759, 876.
13 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 39.
14 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 103.
15 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 614, 622.
16 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 49, 322.
17 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 614.
18 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 49.
19 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 613, 622.
20 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 48.
21 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 623.
22 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 582, 623.
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Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 582.
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